of one morality for all is really a detriment to higher men, in short, that there is a DISTINCTION OF RANK between man and man, and consequently between morality and morality. They are an unassuming and fundamentally mediocre species of men, these utilitarian Englishmen, and, as already remarked, in so far as they are tedious, one cannot think highly enough of their utility.

One ought even to ENCOURAGE them, as has been partially attempted in the following rhymes: —

Hail, ye worthies, barrow-wheeling,

“Longer — better,” aye revealing,

Stiffer aye in head and knee;

Unenraptured, never jesting,

Mediocre everlasting,